I think that more men in the field is unecessary. It's being all about the nursing and not the sex of the nurse that makes the difference. The floors were staffed with RN, LPN,and aides, much better

I'm surprised the article didn't mention that while magnet is supposed to empower nurses and be nurse driven, it is being agressively forced down our throats by administration.

This article should be read by all nurses local and foreign graduates! I prefer the more satisfying "old school " way of quality personal nursing care to patients ..!

Nurses in general are over worked, overwhelmed. The problem with nursing ,in general, is that it is still predominantly a female dominated field. In my opinion we need more men for things to change.

Seven years from now, Magnet hospitals will suffer a severe shortage of bedside nurses. Majority of Nurses now prefer to work outside the hospital. Less stress, better way of life.

OMG you just hit every feeling I've felt the past 2 months & that's why I am leaving my magnet hospital to travel. Our ICU has become the true description you just painted.

Did you work at the Magnet hospital I did?? Sure sounds like it! That's why I'm not there anymore. Spot on!

Must nurses think if they accept a position on a committee, they will be thought more of by their higher ups. I never accpted a committee position during my years as a R N.

Retiring after 43 years of clinical nursing in multiple specialties. Don't agree with all the author's points but she gets enough right to for us all to say - Damn, she's so right.

So how, EXACTLY, does Obamacare have ANYTHING to do with the problems you mention? It doesn't.

Profound and very true on so many levels. I'm still nursing at 72yrs old because I choose to. It brings joy to me. Unfortunately it's harder today than ever due to Magnet

So sad, so true. I'm retired now, miss the nursing, don't miss the hospital. It is not what it used to be and I totally agree with the author of the article.

Sounds like a bitch session with little to no solutions offered.

Wow. This is so well written and true. This is why I am going back to rural medicine.

It's no longer a "calling", it's just a job.

AMEN , been a nurse for 35 years, mostly in ICU, but I'm not good enough for a Magnet hospital though I taught critical care classes for years.

How true....this article nails it!

It's All about money,not getting sued and how well your marketing department works. Lawyers and insurance companies have been driving the bus since the eighties. Revolling door,is how our staffing gos :-

Well said and how I have felt for years. Unfortunately no one is listening.

Press-Ganey measures, in a sense, my contribution to "patient satisfaction". But, what about those patients that sabotage all efforts to provide that care. I'd like a way to RATE my patients.

Wow, someone is finally saying it

I do not understand what "Obamacare" has to do with any of this. Press Ganey was around and was being implemented well before the ACA.

If any of my kids thought they wanted to be nurses, I would have tried to talk them out of it. We need to get back to the basics of care & compassion for patients AND nurses!

I have worked at both magnet and non-magnet hospitals. It costs a lot of money to become and remain magnet and I'm not convinced it's worth it. That part about administration and committees is SO true

Very well stated.

This is SO true OMG that is exactly like I feel

I have been in nursing for several years and I love what I do. I have no intentions of retiring. Go with the flow and embrace the opportunities that embrace you. 12 hour shifts and 4 days off? Yes!!

So very true. I have no respect left for Magnet; BSN is more important than experience. Writing about care is a far cry from delivering care. Deliver us from Magnet Hospitals!

This is so true. I was lucky to have been able to retire. I have listened to both young and older nurses express feelings of anger,and frustration at the overwhelming work and expectations of them.

Nurses should not have to work 12 hour shifts, when they need to be at peak alertness when dealing with people's lives. It's all about the $$$, not the care!

OMG!!!! This is so true! I've been a nurse for 13 years. We have nurses that have only been nursing for 1 year, as charge and orienting. It is so scary the things I have witnessed. Career change !!!!!

apparently government involvement trashes what is good and replaced with bureaucracy to degrade the good. this is horrifying and should be fought and stopped.

God Bless our Nurses!!! I could see what was happening so after 30 years I decided to leave the hospital. I was a nurse that made a difference in Patient Care and that is what I stand for today.

i am fortunate to be able to retire and get out of this situation. From 1972 to 2012 I worked hard as a RN to give all I could ..I am sad for those who are entering now.

So sad our day and time when good nurses are treated this way. Let the admistrate of the hospital come on the floor and help . No they don't care about the patients only the money and reconciliation .

Thought provoking perspective.

....precisely why I terminated my nursing career.

Well done so very very true

Well written and oh so true!!!

This is the result of highly educated idiots in high ranking positions, who sit around and think up things for others to do, to justify their positions.

This is how my 30 years of nursing experience has evolved. It is a sad statement to the art of nursing practice. Gone are the days of compassion and caring as we wrestle with all the above.

This is a very good read for all nurses especially bedside nurse.

I retired last year and miss the patients but certainly not what nursing has evolved into. I have 37 years experience with a master's degree and mourn the negative changes in my profession.

Oh my oh my I can't wait for retirement. Nursing isn't what it was when I decided this career. No back rubs for patients, no caring. Just make sure the documentation is correct and on time. Computer

with 36 years of mom/baby experience, I am praying for retirement. Preceptors with less than a year experience, and charge nurses with 2-3 years experience! God help us all!!

Unfortunately this article is a little misinformed. Press Ganey's survey is not used to determine reimbursement. The survey used is called HCAHPS and was created by CMS.

Ahh - the dreaded Press-Ganey - if it were only that simple - seasoned nurses are counting our days to retirement as well - leaving this "new" systematic way of training their babies...

Sigh. I love to read words that I have also thought. I am a seasoned nurse, worked my way up from LPN to ADN, and nof now find myself being pressured to get my BSN for the sake of magnet status.

So true and the Magnet status is more like a maggot status. Unfortunately they eat away the good and leave the bad. I love being a nurse and am proud to say I am a nurse.

This is amazing. As a nurse who always thought outside the box I had a very "interesting" career. I would make the same decisions today because my patients were always my first priority. Retired now a